Standing stone in Coolnasmear Lower, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Located in the valley of a small E-W stream, c. 20m N of the stream and c. 140m from where it meets the N-S Colligan River. According to Power (1952, 142) Diarmaid liath - Grey Dermot - was the name of a standing stone at Coolnaspear, and it is known locally that a stone was removed from here. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA022-053

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